Arina Filippenko

Arina Filippenko

Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot

Business Torts & Commercial Litigation Lawyers in Washington, DC in Washington, DC

Washington, DC202-659-5800
Business Torts & Commercial LitigationTax LawSecurities LawMunicipal LawFederal, State, and Local Government LawCorporate

About Arina Filippenko

Arina Filippenko joined the firm’s Anchorage office in 2024, bringing her extensive background in regulatory oversight and complex financial investigations to her administrative, civil, and criminal law practice. Arina’s work focuses on litigation, corporate matters, municipal law, election law, local and federal tax law, and criminal defense. Before joining the firm, Arina served as a Financial Examiner with the State of Alaska, Division of Banking and Securities. In this multi-disciplinary role, she managed securities registration issues, conducted regulatory audits of registered investment advisers, broker dealers, and other financial institutions, and led complex enforcement investigations involving securities fraud, unregistered financial advising, consumer finance, precious metals, and cryptocurrency. Arina attended Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude. Following law school, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Peter R. Ramgren on the Anchorage Superior Court. As a lifelong Alaskan, Arina is a proud graduate of the University of Alaska, Anchorage and West Anchorage High School. In her free time, Arina enjoys film photography, cooking, and learning foreign languages.

Education

Legal Education

  • Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2023
  • J.D.
  • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Honors: Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
  • Honors: Access to Justice Data Analytics Incubator
  • Honors: CALI Awards for Legal Analysis Research and Communication I (2020) and II (2021) and Income Tax (2022)
  • Honors: Kunz Award for Excellence in Legal Writing (2021)
  • Honors: Dean’s List (all semesters)
  • Law Review: Mitchell Hamline Law Review, Associate Editor and Online Editor

Non Legal Education

  • University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, 2017
  • B.B.A. Finance, B.B.A. Management
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Honors: President, UAA Property Management and Real Estate Club (2016-2017)
  • Honors: Seawolf Debate, Varsity Team Member (National Quarterfinalist 2017)

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Associate
  • Languages
  • Russian
  • Spanish

Bar Admissions

  • Alaska, 2023
  • U.S. District Court District of Alaska, 2024

Other Affiliations

  • Alaska Bar Association
  • Anchorage Bar Association
  • Alaska Association of Women Lawyers
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • Alaska Bar Technology, AI, and Cyber Law Section

Attorney Details

Full NameArina Filippenko
FirmBirch Horton Bittner & Cherot
AddressWashington, DC, 1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Ste. 350, Washington, DC
Phone202-659-5800
Phone202-659-1027
Websitewww.birchhorton.com
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